Multimedia Journalism (Hons) University of Northampton

Overview

Key Facts

You often learn best when you are doing – and on University of Northampton’s Multimedia Journalism (Hons) course you will have plenty to keep you busy.

• Year 1

News skills: the practical skills you need to produce online radio and television news, learning in our newsroom and in our radio and television studios.

Newswriting: this is such an important skill. You learn how to write stories for different platforms clearly and concisely

History and ethics of journalism: you need to understand how the industry has developed and you look at the key controversies

Law and public affairs: nobody wants to be sued. You learn how to produce legally safe articles. And you learn how to learn power to account.

• Year 2

You develop your broadcast skills and learn both digital and design skills, making your own websites and magazines.

You deepen your knowledge of law and media regulation and examine media theory.

The highlight of Year 2 is your 15 newsdays where you go out, find the news and produce your own news programmes and content.

• Year 3

In your final year, you produce a major practical project, typically a television or radio documentary or a magazine. Past students have won awards for their projects which helped them secure jobs.

You round off your legal training, examine media across the world, examine future trends in journalism and complete a dissertation and get yourself ready for the world of work in a special launchpad module.

During your studies, you will also complete at least 15 days of work placement.

You are assessed through a mixture of practical work, essays and examinations with a dissertation in your final year.

Career Opportunities

Journalism provides you with practical skills, useful contacts and academic strengths that are highly transferable and will be invaluable when applying for work in journalism or other areas of the media.

Examples of jobs directly linked to this degree:

• Broadcast journalist
• Editorial assistant
• Magazine journalist
• Newspaper journalist
• Multimedia reporter
• Press sub-editor
• Publishing copy-editor/proofreader
• Public relations/Communications officer
• Digital copywriter

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.